Patents by Inventor Donald L. Anton
Donald L. Anton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10422481Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the temperature within a gas adsorbent storage vessel of a vehicle may include an air conditioning system forming a continuous flow loop of heat exchange fluid that is cycled between a heated flow and a cooled flow. The system may also include at least one fluid by-pass line extending at least partially within the gas adsorbent storage vessel. The fluid by-pass line(s) may be configured to receive a by-pass flow including at least a portion of the heated flow or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at one or more input locations and expel the by-pass flow back into the continuous flow loop at one or more output locations, wherein the by-pass flow is directed through the gas adsorbent storage vessel via the by-pass line(s) so as to adjust an internal temperature within the gas adsorbent storage vessel.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLCInventors: David A. Tamburello, Donald L. Anton, Bruce J. Hardy, Claudio Corgnale
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Patent number: 10392565Abstract: Highly efficient and universal biomass conversion methods are described. Methods utilize a base-catalyzed decarboxylation reaction in a conversion process carried out in the presence of excess base to overcome carbonate formation from CO2. Methods can efficiently convert all components of a biomass feedstock to liquid hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide byproduct. The process has several versions: hydrolysis and alcoholysis, etc. The chemical process can be carried out with nearly 100% conversion for any type of biomass feedstock and requires no expensive or complicated pretreatment. The conversion reactions can be carried out at moderate temperatures of 170-300° C. and form a product that can include a mixture of hydrocarbons and oxygenated hydrocarbons, including alcohols and phenol derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLCInventors: Xin Xiao, Anthony B. Thompson, Martin P. Sulic, Patrick A. Ward, Donald L. Anton
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Publication number: 20190185757Abstract: Highly efficient and universal biomass conversion methods are described. Methods utilize a base-catalyzed decarboxylation reaction in a conversion process carried out in the presence of excess base to overcome carbonate formation from CO2. Methods can efficiently convert all components of a biomass feedstock to liquid hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide byproduct. The process has several versions: hydrolysis and alcoholysis, etc. The chemical process can be carried out with nearly 100% conversion for any type of biomass feedstock and requires no expensive or complicated pretreatment. The conversion reactions can be carried out at moderate temperatures of 170-300° C. and form a product that can include a mixture of hydrocarbons and oxygenated hydrocarbons, including alcohols and phenol derivatives.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Xin Xiao, Anthony B. Thompson, Martin P. Sulic, Patrick A. Ward, Donald L. Anton
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Publication number: 20170314738Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the temperature within a gas adsorbent storage vessel of a vehicle may include an air conditioning system forming a continuous flow loop of heat exchange fluid that is cycled between a heated flow and a cooled flow. The system may also include at least one fluid by-pass line extending at least partially within the gas adsorbent storage vessel. The fluid by-pass line(s) may be configured to receive a by-pass flow including at least a portion of the heated flow or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at one or more input locations and expel the by-pass flow back into the continuous flow loop at one or more output locations, wherein the by-pass flow is directed through the gas adsorbent storage vessel via the by-pass line(s) so as to adjust an internal temperature within the gas adsorbent storage vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: David A. Tamburello, Donald L. Anton, Bruce J. Hardy, Claudio Corgnale
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Patent number: 9725317Abstract: A process and a resulting product by process of an aluminum hydride which is modified with by physically combining in a ball milling process an aluminum hydride with a triammonium salt of aurin tricarboxylic acid. The resulting product is an aluminum hydride which is resistant to air, ambient moisture, and liquid water while maintaining useful hydrogen storage and release kinetics.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Jose A. Cortes-Concepcion, Donald L. Anton
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Patent number: 9683704Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the temperature within a gas adsorbent storage vessel of a vehicle may include an air conditioning system forming a continuous flow loop of heat exchange fluid that is cycled between a heated flow and a cooled flow. The system may also include at least one fluid by-pass line extending at least partially within the gas adsorbent storage vessel. The fluid by-pass line(s) may be configured to receive a by-pass flow including at least a portion of the heated flow or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at one or more input locations and expel the by-pass flow back into the continuous flow loop at one or more output locations, wherein the by-pass flow is directed through the gas adsorbent storage vessel via the by-pass line(s) so as to adjust an internal temperature within the gas adsorbent storage vessel.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC.Inventors: David A. Tamburello, Donald L. Anton, Bruce J. Hardy, Claudio Corgnale
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Patent number: 9321638Abstract: A process in a resulting product of the process in which a hydrogen storage metal amide is modified by a ball milling process using an additive of TPP. The resulting product provides for a hydrogen storage metal amide having a coating that renders the hydrogen storage metal amide resistant to air, ambient moisture, and liquid water while improving useful hydrogen storage and release kinetics.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Jose A. Cortes-Concepcion, Donald L. Anton
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Publication number: 20150136273Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the temperature within a gas absorbent storage vessel of a vehicle may include an air conditioning system forming a continuous flow loop of heat exchange fluid that is cycled between a heated flow and a cooled flow. The system may also include at least one fluid by-pass line extending at least partially within the gas absorbent storage vessel. The fluid by-pass line(s) may be configured to receive a by-pass flow including at least a portion of the heated flow or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at one or more input locations and expel the by-pass flow back into the continuous flow loop at one or more output locations, wherein the by-pass flow is directed through the gas absorbent storage vessel via the by-pass line(s) so as to adjust an internal temperature within the gas absorbent storage vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: David A. Tamburello, Donald L. Anton, Bruce J. Hardy, Claudio Corgnale
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Patent number: 8905198Abstract: An example wheel restraint includes a wheel chock that is manually movable between a retracted or release position clear of a wheel of a vehicle at a loading dock and an operative position to block the path of the wheel. In the release position, the chock can be manually moved freely along a track that is mounted to a driveway of the dock. When the chock is manually moved from its release position to its operative position, a locking feature automatically restricts the movement of the chock relative to the track. When the chock is manually moved back to its release position, the locking feature automatically disengages. Although the wheel chock is connected to a track, much of the force exerted by the wheel against the chock can be transmitted directly from the chock to the driveway.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Rite-Hite Holding CorporationInventors: Andrew Brooks, Jonathan Andersen, Kurt Lessard, Kyle Nelson, Timothy Cotton, Ben Wieberdink, Bradley J. Stone, Donald L. Anton, Joseph Manone, Norbert Hahn
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Publication number: 20140170048Abstract: A process and a resulting product by process of an aluminum hydride which is modified with by physically combining in a ball milling process an aluminum hydride with a triammonium salt of aurin tricarboxylic acid. The resulting product is an aluminum hydride which is resistant to air, ambient moisture, and liquid water while maintaining useful hydrogen storage and release kinetics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLCInventors: Jose A. Cortes-Concepcion, Donald L. Anton
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Publication number: 20140044951Abstract: A nanocellular foam has pores, interconnecting ligaments, and nodes where three or more ligaments intersect. The ligament cross section thickness is less than 200 microns and the distance between nodes is less than 1000 microns. A method of fabricating a nanocellular foam comprising forming a compact with one or more powders and applying energy to cause at least one or more powders to undergo a change in state is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: James T. Beals, Dilip M. Shah, Paul M. Sheedy, Donald L. Anton
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Publication number: 20090194376Abstract: An example wheel restraint includes a wheel chock that is manually movable between a retracted or release position clear of a wheel of a vehicle at a loading dock and an operative position to block the path of the wheel. In the release position, the chock can be manually moved freely along a track that is mounted to a driveway of the dock. When the chock is manually moved from its release position to its operative position, a locking feature automatically restricts the movement of the chock relative to the track. When the chock is manually moved back to its release position, the locking feature automatically disengages. Although the wheel chock is connected to a track, much of the force exerted by the wheel against the chock can be transmitted directly from the chock to the driveway.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Andrew Brooks, Jonathan Andersen, Kurt Lessard, Kyle Nelson, Timothy Cotton, Ben Wieberdink, Bradley J. Stone, Donald L. Anton, Joseph Manone, Norbert Hahn
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Patent number: 4737204Abstract: A novel micro-structure developed in a cast austenitic stainless steel alloy and a heat treatment thereof are disclosed. The alloy is based on a multicomponent Fe-Cr-Mn-Mo-Si-Nb-C system consisting of an austenitic iron solid solution (.gamma.) matrix reinforced by finely dispersed carbide phases and a heat treatment to produce the micro-structure. The heat treatment includes a prebraze heat treatment followed by a three stage braze cycle heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1986Date of Patent: April 12, 1988Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of EnergyInventors: Donald L. Anton, Franklin D. Lemkey